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Jan 16
Greek Genocide
1913 - 1923

The Genocide of the Greeks is the deliberate and systematic extermination, until 1923, of the Greek populations of Eastern Thrace and Asia Minor (mainly Ionia, Cappadocia, Pontus, Bithynia), beginning with the Massacre of the Economy on January 25, 1913, by the mechanisms of the Ottoman government of the nationalist Young Turks and the Turkish nationalist movement of Mustafa Kemal.
The genocide of the Greeks took place alongside genocides against other Christian populations of the Ottoman Empire, i.e. the Armenians and the Assyrians.
Estimates of human losses in the period from 1912 to 1922 reach according to some scholars to 800,000 - 1,200,000 souls.
In 1998, the Hellenic Parliament voted unanimously to declare September 14 as "the day of national remembrance of the Genocide of the Greeks of Asia Minor and Eastern Thrace by the Turkish State". The consideration of these events, which for decades were called by the Greeks the "Asia Minor Catastrophe", as genocide is a controversial point in Greece among historians, intellectuals and refugee organizations. Those who question the appropriateness of the term "genocide" belong to the mainstream of the community of Greek historians.

Reasons:

Political factors

The fate of the Greek populations of the Ottoman Empire, during the last decades of its existence, is directly linked to the peak of Turkish nationalism, as expressed by the ideology of the Young Turks. The movement of the latter, which broke out in 1908, was a decisive point in Turkish history and at the same time a station for the course of Hellenism in the country. The Greek Orthodox Christians of Asia Minor themselves in the last period of Ottoman rule identified themselves as "Romans" (Turkish: Rum), which indicated their Byzantine-Roman origin and their Greek Orthodox identity, the most basic component of which was the Christian faith, while they used the name "Greeks" for the nationals of the Greek state.
The title carried by the party of the Young Turks, "Union and Progress", was suitable to move all the nations of the Ottoman Empire, but without creating commitments for the Young Turks. But the optimistic interpretation of the term "Union", i.e. the unity of the subjects of the Empire, had been interpreted by the Young Turks as the assimilation of minorities with violent state intervention and not finally as a parallel peaceful existence. The plans for a mono-ethnic Turkish state were announced by the leader of the Neo-Turks, Nazim Bey, in an interview that was also published in "Athens", on 9/8/1908. In essence, many measures announced in favor of, in theory, equality, ultimately proved in practice to be means of oppression of the Greek subjects of the Empire, such as compulsory conscription and the removal of the privileges of the communities.
At the same time, the territorial shrinking of the Ottoman Empire caused a further rise in Turkish nationalism, while the country's minorities were treated with open hostility. During that period (1908-1912) a series of rebellions and wars broke out, such as with Italy and the Christian countries of the Balkans (First Balkan War).

Economic Factors:

An additional reason that caused the genocide was the economic factor. Much of the trade and industry had been concentrated in the hands of the Greeks, which was an obstacle to the Germans' quest to complete economic penetration of the underdeveloped Ottoman Empire. To this end, propaganda leaflets of the German Bank of Palestine, in 1915, urged the Turks not to have any economic relationship with Greeks and Armenians.
German military officers indicated the displacement of the Greek populations of eastern Thrace and Asia Minor, during World War I, with the aim of systematically planning the mass transportation of thousands of Greeks, theoretically for "military reasons", which in practice, aimed at their physical extermination.

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Phase I: 1913-1914

The prelude to these policies was the commercial blockade of the period 1909-1911, while in July 1913 a dictatorship was established by the New Turkish Committee. The beginning of generalized persecutions began at the end of 1913, with the end of the Balkan Wars, while the initial target was the Greek populations of Eastern Thrace. However, with the guidance of German advisors of the Ottoman Empire, from May 1914, the persecutions were also extended to western Asia Minor.

Mass displacement operations:

Programming and support from German consultants
The displacement of the Greek residents from these areas was done under the pretext of the security of the borders of the Ottoman Empire with Greece, with the parallel support of Germans. But the Greek state, at that time, was neutral in World War I, while King Constantine was pro-German. Nevertheless, the Greek communities, without exception, were considered suspicious by the Turkish authorities.
In an order of the Ottoman Government on May 14, 1914, which was leaked to the European press, instructions were given for carrying out the displacement of the Greek population, while they were reminded that the displaced had to sign certificates that they were voluntarily leaving their homes. For the displacements it seems that methods inspired by German advisers were used. Already at the end of 1913, the military administration of Turkey had been taken over by the German general Lyman von Saunders. The latter considered the removal of the Greek populations from the areas adjacent to Greece, namely the western coasts of Asia Minor, as imperative. The zone that had to be evacuated by the Greeks started from the area of Adramyttios, north, as far as opposite Samos, while it also included a few tens of kilometers inland.

Implementation:

The evacuation operation was coordinated and uniform in all the settlements. Initially, there was an organized anti-Greek campaign in the Turkish press and pressure was intensified to cause the voluntary flight of the Greek population. At the same time, armaments were given to the Turkish population, while the possession of weapons was forbidden to the Greeks. Also, a temporary gendarmerie was created, purely from Turks, to undertake the evacuation operation. Finally, those who did not manage to escape to Greece, which at that time received the first wave of refugees, were displaced to the interior of Asia Minor.
The total number of displaced people from western Asia Minor (before the Ottoman Empire entered World War I), according to the statistics of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, was 153,890 Greeks, in this phase of the persecutions. The Greek element was then expelled mainly from the region of Erythraia, Adramyttio, Dikeli, Pergamum and Phocaea. In fact, in Fokaia, the evacuation operation was accompanied by extremes and massacres against the civilian population.
On the other hand, the Hellenism of the large urban centers, Constantinople and Smyrna, was not displaced due to practical difficulties encountered in the project. But statements by Ottoman officials caused particular panic about the future of the communities of these urban centers, with the result that a large number left them. At the same time, the economic blockade, the persecution of specific personalities and the removal of the old privileges of the communities, created a climate of terrorism, while on August 22, the metropolitan palace in Smyrna was besieged which finally resulted in the exile of Metropolitan Chrysostomos by the Ottoman authorities. Characteristic of the abandonment was the decrease in the number of students in the Greek schools of Istanbul by 30%-40%

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Protests from the Greek Government:

The Greek reaction to the persecutions was expressed in a strong style with two verbal communications to the Ottoman authorities. Especially the second had the effect of postponing the evacuation of Ayvali. At that time, it was agreed, at a diplomatic level, to create a joint commission, with the aim of exchanging Greeks from Asia Minor, with Turks from the regions that Greece had incorporated during the Balkan Wars. But even after the formation of the committee, the persecution of the Greek population did not stop. In fact, organized gangs of miscreants, as well as the sketchy Turkish gendarmerie, were often out of control, and murders were carried out. At the same time, the obstruction of the High Gate in the matter of the recognition of the movable property of the Greek population led to the wreck of the project undertaken by the committee.
Protests were even made inside the Ottoman Parliament, by the MP of Aidini, Emmanuel Emmanuelides, for the continuation of the persecutions.

Phase II: 1914-1918

New measures to exterminate minorities:

The entry of the Ottoman Empire into World War I also marked the beginning of new waves of persecution. Initially, a series of economic measures were implemented to meet the needs of the war. In addition to the abolition of confessions, requisitions were carried out with purely national distinctions within the population, while even luxury items were requisitioned, theoretically for war needs. In 1915, the Ottoman government, in its attempt to place trade exclusively in Turkish hands, established an exclusively Muslim company in Smyrna, which exercised a monopoly on imports and exports. In addition, the Ottoman authorities demanded the dismissal of all Greeks employed in foreign businesses in Smyrna and their replacement by Muslims.
Another important measure that activated the next phase of mass exterminations, while initially appearing as a measure to promote minority equality, was military service. The mass conscription decree applied to all Ottoman citizens between the ages of 20 and 45, with the possibility of redemption. But those who were over 45 years old, were forced to work in the infamous "Work Squads", which were essentially concentration camps for the extermination of the Greek, but also the other Christian populations of the country. That is, for the older ages military service was replaced by forced labor in quarries, mines, roads and fields. The marches to the interior of Asia Minor were carried out in miserable conditions, while those who survived the inhuman trek and epidemics ended up and were taken malnourished to the depths of Asia Minor, to Ankara, Iconium, Sebastia, Theodosioupoli (Erzerum) and Mersini.
According to the report of Greek members of the Turkish Parliament submitted in 1918, the total victims of the persecutions, dead and displaced, are estimated at 750,000.

The "Labor Categories" (Amele Taburu):

The displacements of Greek populations in western Asia Minor became widespread from the moment the military operation in the Dardanelles began, in February 1915. The displacements served to create purely Turkish populations in the region. In fact, it was announced to the displaced that this measure was necessary due to the supposed danger from the allied fleet. But immediately after their departure, Turkish populations from neighboring areas occupied their houses. From the coordinated execution of this measure in all the settlements of the region, it is clear that it was devised by a central organ of the Ottoman authority.
The Turkish gendarmerie appeared in the persecuted settlements with express orders from the Ottoman administration. The residents were immediately gathered at a central point (usually in the square) and from there they were ordered to depart to an unknown point. Displaced persons were strictly forbidden to carry food, clothing or mattresses with them. ๐Ÿ‘‡
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Jan 16
Excellent news.

First impressions on a read-through coming up.
Very first impression: just for clear and concrete language and straightforward, comprehensible reasoning, this judgment is a breath of fresh air.
Even the prefatory throat-clearing that has become traditional in these cases is less preachy than usual: Image
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